Improvement in machines for spooling cotton



siren STATE-s4 f GODFREY Ell-MEN ANI):ROBERT. SMl'lU, OF MNO'IESTER,EGLAND.

'iMPROVEMENT :N ,MACHINE'S FOR SPOOLINGQQTTON, se.,

Specification foriningpa'rt of' Letters Patent No. 44,052, datcdAnigust30, 1864.'

To all whom it may concern: ing to our invention. Figs. 4,5," (i, and 7rep- -Be it known that We, GODFREY ERMEN, -resent details to a largerscale of the motion v manufacturer, and ROBERT' SMITI'L-machinforvarying the length of the traverse of' the est, both of the city ofManchester, county of frame ca-rryingthe thread-guides. f Laneaster,United Kingdom of Great Britain, In each .of the above-figurestl-iesame' let? have invented certainv new'r and useful Im-" ters ofreference indicate likep'arts. The provelnents'in Machinery for SpoolingCotton, thread is indicated vby 'redlines In Figs. 4, Y Sik, and otherLike Fibrous Materials; and 5, G, and 7 the pitch-lines of thespur-'Wheels ,1x vwe do hereby declare-that the following is a ,areindicated by dottedblue lines.

full, clear, and exact description of the' con'- ."To the main lframingof the machine A A struction and' operation of the same, reference fixeda stud, B,- npon which the main-driving' j` lbeing had to 'the annexedsheets of drawings, pulley C constantly rotates, beingdriven by a'making a part of this lspeification.' belt from the motive power. T 'othe side of Letters latenton this invention'have been this pulley is,fixed aifrictionvplate, D, .and

granted in Great Britain, and the specifica beside it is another similarfriction-.plate, D', i; A tion sealed November 25, 1862, and numbered.which is fixe/d to the boss 'of the first driving ,Y No. 1,639. v iwheel,'E,'-gi vingmotiontothe shaftF bymeans t 4This invent-ion relatesto niachineryf-for of the carrier-wheels VE' and E2," and wheel E?, lspooling anumber of spools at one operation; fixed on the endof the saidsli'aft F. The and our improvements chiefly apply to the de-v shaft Fpassesthrough the rectangular-re scription of' machine for which LetterslPatent Volviug frame G, which isea'rried by bearings in Great britain'were granted v to vWilliam4 or axles at H, madeeccentric to the-centero f Young, of the rmof H. Bannerman & Sons the shaft F, insuch a mannerthat when the of' Manchester, merehannon Vthe 2d dayof Def bevel-wheelsJv J, fixed upon the said shaft, i eemher, 1848', No. 12,353. b are ingear with the bevel-wheels'K, 'carried These improvements consist,first, in an by the frame Gr they are ont ot'gear with the improved planor arrangementof the spindle bevel-Wheels L on the other side 'of the'upon which the spools are filled with thread. frame G, and if' We turnlthe rectangular These spindles We fix in a frame-which can bev frame Gonehalf revolution by pulling` the made to revolve-upon bearings.- Thisframe -handle 0 the: Wh'eels'Ll lwill be in and the contains two rows.of spindles to which motion wheels K K outof gear with the wheels J J.is imparted by suitable gearing, each row `The bevel-wheels K and Larexed upon'the corresponding with the number ot' spools r'e- .spindlescarryinlgv the spools M M M and-N quired, and they are so arranged thatwhiieV N N; The spools-M M M are in. the position i one row of' spoolsis being .lied with thread where they are filled with thread, the spoolsthe attendant can be dofiiiig-or taking ofi' the N N Niare empty oneswhich have been suhfull spools and putting'on empty ones on the stitutedfor full ones taken olf "during the other rowof spindles, .so thatlittle'loss of' lling of'gthe set M MM. The thread passes y time 4takesplace between the sets, and the from the supply-bobbin's Mrrou-nd therods machine will thus Ado a greater quantity of M7 and. M8 to the eyesM thence to the '.work. Secondly, in an improved plan of' varyguides Pl, turning upon centers fixed to the ing the length of' thegtraverse ofthe frame traversing frame Q, and are kept constantly carrying thethread-guides as the spools are pressing upon'the spools or bobbins M MM filled, by means of' right and left handed by means of' the weights ItIt Il. and lt' lt' R'. screws cut upon afshaf't to which motiony is. S2is the reversing traveler carried on the giveuby the descent of'aWeight. bar'l, fixed to the'traversing frame Q2. The We will now proceedto describe themod'e traveler S2 can turn angnlarly upon the bar. -ofcarrying these improvements into'practieal T, but is fixedllongitiulinally.4 eiieet, as shown in the accompanying sheetsof U is aright and U' a left handed screw, drawings. both cuton the shaft U',(see Fig. (5,) having Figure 1 represents a lfront elevation;l Fig..acontinnonsrotatorymotion when the machine 2, a'plun ,andj Fig.'3,jaulclevation of' the is working. driven from tlleffrictiondrawingend-ot'a machine eonstructd accord,v Tplate 1)', through thespur-wheels'V V', and

bevel-wheels ww', Fig. 2.. 'The wheels'Y' V2 are eliaiigewhecls, whichcan be replaced by others to 'suit the various thicknesses of arms, .rw', with "faces m2 and mi, (see Fig. 4,) cut to 4titthe right and lefthanded screws U 1 U-one above, the'other below. The traveler alsocarries a projecting arm, Y, to which are fixed studsA carrying thefriction-bowls Z Z on opposite sides of thecain-wheel a, keyed on thechange-shaft a. The angular or vibrating motion of the traveler isproduced fromV the gravlty of a weight, d, as follows The weight d isfixed uponan oscillating lever, e, to which is attached a cord or chain,f, passing aroundy the shaft e', and the wheel h' drives the wheel h5through the carrier h.l

Upon the shaft a is fixed an escapement- .'wheel, b,`\vith the samenumber ofteeth as the cam-wheel a. This escapement-wheel is preventedturning by thc pallets c c' in asi milar manner to a clock escapement,excepting that the pallets have an alternating rectilinearmotion, andwhen at either end the wheel escapes and turns half the pitch of a toothlike an ordinary eseapement. It is this eseapementavheel that preventsthe descent of the weight d except by gradual stages. At each slip ofthe'escapementfwheel the shaft a' receives a slight rotator-y motion,and the camwheel a raises alternately the friction-bowls Z Z and thusbrings the arms x av alternately in contact with U and U". Bythis meansthe frame Q receives an alternating rectilinear motion. The weightedlever e is raised by depressing the treadle-lever K by Imeans of thechain l, one end of which is fixed to the frainin got the machine at lc,and passes round the pulleyk, fixed to the treadleJ-lever overI anotherpulley k* fixed to the framing A, and thence round the barrel vgv. Theweight is raised by the attendant previous'to filling each set ofspools. The change-shaft a does not turn when the weight is lifted as aratchet, a5,

lattached to the barrel g, allows it to turn without turning the wheelsh and h3. s

We will now show7 how the length of the traverse is increased as thespool is lled, so as to follow the bevel ends ofthe spools. For thispurpose refer to Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, where it isshown on a largerscale. m is a right and left handed screw, which we will afterward referto as lengtheningserew,7 and traverses with the frame Q, which alsosupports oneend. -The other end is carried on slides through thespur-wheel n, (see Fig. 2,) which lturns it by means of a feather-key.lhe said wheel 'n gears into n on end of the shaft n3. These wheels nand n are changewheels to regulate thc lengthening ofthe travelise, andreceive motion from' t-he rotation ot the ybarrel g, driven by thedescent of the wei hted lever c. thread. The traveler S2 has-'twoprojecting g Upon the lengthening-screw m are twonuts'., p p', one onthe right the other on th'eleft handed screw-thread. These-nutsform.part with theiixircigs or frames q q, which support the pallets c Thesepallets'can beadjusted so that the change will take place at theend ofthe traverse when the first layer of thread is Aput on the spoolbymeansof the two adjustmg screws r'r. It will he also seen that thetixings orvframes q q are carried and slide upon the'stud's as',attached to the'bar Q2, which is fixed on the guide-rods Q3 Q4, Fig. 2,and -lnoveslii'ith them and the traversing frame Q.

f1? ig. 4 shows the traveler S2 with o ne arm,ar, -in contact with thescrew U, bei ng held in that position by theeam-wheela, pressing againstthe friction bowl Z. Immediately'the esca-pement-wheel slips pastapallet the cam-wheel makes one-sixteenth of a revolution, the point ofthe'cam then passes from beneath the fric- 'Uionbowl Z,and another pointbelow pushes out the friction-bowl, Z, and the arm is in contact with U.When thearm is lifted, :v3 is in contact with U. Thus is effected thealternating rectilinear motion of traversing frame Q and traveler S".The escapement-wheel is shown pressing against the pallet c, as thepallet `traverses with the frame Q. It is dra-wn past theescapement-wheel, and the weighton lever d pulls the escapementrounduntil the tooth on opposite side is arrested by the pallet c'. Atevery motion of the escapementwheel the shaft n3 receives also amovement from the barrel-shaft. This is transmitted through, the wheelsn and n to the lengthening-screw m, which draws the nuts p p apart, andconsequently the pallets c c', thus lengthening the distance the palletsmust travel before the direction of motion ofthe traversing barQ ischanged. It will be seen that the threads-guides P P l are pressedagainst the spools by the pull of the weights lt lt against the lowerarms P' l", fixed to said threadguides. t The force exerted by theseweights is varied in the following manner:

Before the machine is started it has been mentioned that thel weightedlever eis wound up. The same operation lifts the platform t, to which itis attached by a cordor chain, 'and takes off the weight of the' largeweights 1t', the weights R only remainingin operation. As the spools arefilled and the lever ede scends, the lplatform t descends with it, andthe weights R lt', are left'hanging and exerting their force upon thethread-guide in conjunction with R. Theobject of this additional',

which zplates M2, catching the thread, secure it, and it is wound roundthe empty spools.

e friction-plated)2 is he level; s pressing ateh, y, drops. eandprevents To .stop thet be released A itby pressing which lifts the barzland atch y from the catch. `The ls then pressed against l by thespring W2 act- (which turns upon an-plate being fixed yto )at thcsa-metime the bar he, lever 105, and relieves spring ze, and-the friction-VThen tli'e threadV is 4set'ered between` the emptyT spcolsand full ones.On turning the frame' G the thread slips in the slots s inthe lp latesw, audit is heldin this way after the thread is entf until the spoolsare taken ott,

The trei'idle-lever his then depressed to lift the weighted lever e, thebar u pulled to the l right by a handle, u2,- and themachine is started.`The same movement that has raised the lever e turns the shaft ai bymeans of the barrel q and intermediate gear, and vfrom the shaft n theniotion is transmitted through the wheels n and-n to thelengtheningserew until thepallcts c c are intheir proper position forthe 'connnencementV of winding.- It will be lreadily seen that as `each'traverse o f the bar plates D and D' is also stoppedavhen each set of sby self-action. At one extremity is a sector, d3, a. stud on whichnotched latch y as the weight d The machine poolsis filled of the levere strikes` the are separated.

Q is made the 'pallets c' c allow the escapementwheel b to make anintermittent motion, and by means of the cam-wheel a eii'ect the reverseor'change motion by throwing the 4arms on the traveler S2 put of theright-handed 'thread into the left-handed thread, or vice lever cturning upon the-center di. tor is adjusted to stop the machine time byavsetserew, e2, on the lever e.v

versa on the shaft U. When there are sufti- .cient layers of thread, onthe spools,'the at The lever e3 is fo the pressure of theV thr them allat a time by the studs carrying against the levers l, tixed to the threThe bar e4 is carried b lVe will now cess of filling ing the` machinpleted a set'ot r -the purpose of t earl-guides, and raises pushing thebar e* along, the pulleys e5,

y the traversinghar Q. proceed to describe the prospools with thread,suppose has just stopped and come first pull the `lel.tendant can stopthe machine by depressing thel tre-idle z, or it will stop itself bytliestud on the sector d3, lifting the notched latch y, as hereinbeforedescribed.` -The operation is then completed. While these 'spoolshave'been' tilting we have taken o" thefull spools on Vthe other row ofspindles and replaced`- '-tliembyempty ones.

We do not claim thc'principleot' a vself'- 'actingspooling-maehine,-either for one vor more spindles, as it is not novel.

What we claim, and desire to secure by. Let-v ver e3 and aeafch', e",drops over the sideA of his takes oi the pressure of the thread-guideson the spools. Then take hold of either ot' the handles O ixed torevolving frame G, an

d pressing down with the foot theo which the chain K6 is attached, we(lr-awa spring-stop from a notch in the flange G7, fixed to the fram thefra-mc round one-halt' leasing the treadle t. notch iu the flange Gfast. 'The position o versed, the full ones bein ones inside,` Wcnowdrpushes the bar Siialofng and the studs S1v4 enter the ends o p bins andsteadythem. The lever e3 is now released, v vhichallow's the threadguides Pto e G. We then pull revolution, and relthe stop enters anotherand the frame G is held, f the spools is thus re` g outside, the empty fthe levers", whichy 1. The reversible or revolvin'gframe G, set oneccentric hearings` and carrying the gearing `that drives the spools,as'specitied, so that one range of spools is in gear while theother isstationary, las and for the purposes set forth. 2. The sliding frame QQ2, escapement b,

pallets'c c',-an'd screw' 'an-,- for yregulating the extent of travel of'the threadguides P, substantially as specified.

3. The weigh-ts R and platform t, -in combination with the thread guidesPand weighted lever le, for the purposesand substantial'lly asspecified.

4. The latch y and disk D2', in combination .with the lever e andadjustable sector d3' for gainst the 'empty spools,the thread stillextendingfrom them acro through the notches s to hind-wheel F2, w

ss the frame G the full spools. The lcli is fixed von the shaft F, y

is turned one -or two revolutions', revolving the spools and the toothedcircular plates M2,

stopping the machine, as set forth.

` GODFREY ERMEN. t ROBERT SMITH. Witnesses:

ALFRED SMITH, J osu. WiLLoooK.

